one california woman did the same thing. with days to go until the jackpot expired, she almost lost out on not just a few dollars, millions of dollars. >> jenna is back now with more on this story. hey, jenna. >> here's the deal. julie went from rags to riches literally overnight and she found out about her fortune in a very unusual way. for the past five months, julie has been driving around with $23 million in her glove compartment and she didn't even know it. >> i've got, like, 200 tickets laying around. >> shedoes. >> the los angeles mother of five who lived on disability for 20 years and struggles financially pulled into this california store back in may after her daughter complained she felt car sick. >> she's like, get me a lottery ticket. i was like no, no, no. i'm just getting water. >> after she insisted her daughter get the ticket, she threw it in her glove compartment and forgot about it. with time rung out before the ticket expired, lottery officials published a grainy surveillance video of a woman in a blue shi